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Napoleon Rd. paving, April 22-23

The Allen County Engineer has announced that Napoleon Road, between Dixie Hwy and Sandusky Road, will be closed April 22-23 from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. for asphalt paving.

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Ohio didn't see major eclipse gridlock

COLUMBUS__The message from state officials was clear: Come early, stay late for last week’s solar eclipse. New data shows that most people did just that, avoiding the post-eclipse gridlock other states experienced.

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ACRTA asks "how are we doing?" with survey

 Allen County Regional Transit Authority is inviting riders to participate in a FIXED RIDERSHIP SURVEY.

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March 2024 local weather summary

Wondering about recent weather? Attatched are March 2024 National Weather Service observations at the Lima Municipal Airport.

These highlights include the amount of precipitation and the minimum, maximum, and average temperature for each day of March.

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Field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife Officers

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two

During the 2023 white-tailed deer archery hunting season, State Wildlife Officer Ryan Burke, assigned to Hancock County, and State Wildlife Officer Brock Williamson, assigned to Seneca County, investigated a landowner harvest anomaly.

Officers Burke and Williamson discovered an individual had harvested an antlered deer early in the season, and the individual’s wife had game-checked a second buck on behalf of the suspect later in the season. The husband was issued a summons for taking two antlered deer during a hunting season and his wife was issued a summons for checking a deer she did not harvest.

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Spring 2024 news from Quarry Farm

The Quarry Farm News/Spring 2024 is in email inboxes and on the Icon HERE

From the organizers, “If you have registered for "Total Eclipse on the Prairie" hike on April 8, please arrive at the nature preserve at 2:30 p.m. If you can arrive a little earlier, we will be making hiking sticks and threading them with special eclipse beads that will change color at totality. 

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